Hutt South is a parliamentary electorate in the lower Hutt Valley and the Wellington suburb of Newlands of New Zealand. It is held by Chris Bishop of the National Party following the . It was previously held by Ginny Andersen of the Labour Party from 2020 to 2023.
Population centres The electorate is based on the southern part of the city of Lower Hutt. It was formed in 1996 from the old electorates of Pencarrow and Eastern Hutt. Hutt South consists of the southern suburbs of Lower Hutt, Petone, Wainuiomata, and Eastbourne.
2014 boundary review
Following the 2014 boundary review, Hutt South lost Naenae and a small part of Epuni to , in exchange for the suburbs of Kelson and Belmont. It also gained the suburbs of Tirohanga, Harbour View, Normandale, Maungaraki and Korokoro from , meaning the entire Hutt Valley was now covered by just two electorates (Rimutaka and Hutt South).
Since 2014, the following suburbs of Lower Hutt fall within Hutt South.
Alicetown Belmont Boulcott Days Bay Eastbourne Epuni (south of and including Roberts Street) Fairfield Gracefield Harbour View Hutt Central Kelson Korokoro Lowry Bay Mahina Bay Maungaraki Melling Moera Normandale Petone Point Howard Seaview Sorrento Bay Sunshine Bay Tirohanga Wainuiomata Waiwhetū Waterloo Woburn York Bay
2025 boundary review In the 2025 boundary review, Hutt South and Remutaka both shifted south-westwards, with the former taking in Newlands, a suburb of Wellington City. This is effective from the 2026 election.
History At the first MMP election in , Hutt South replaced the earlier electorate of Pencarrow, which was then held by Trevor Mallard. Mallard was returned at every general election until he moved to list-only at the 2017 election.
Members of Parliament Key
Election Winner rowspan=7 Trevor MallardChris BishopGinny AndersenChris Bishop
List MPs Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Hutt South electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election Winner Joy McLauchlanDeborah MorrisMurray SmithPaul QuinnHolly WalkerChris BishopGinny AndersenChris BishopGinny Andersen
Election results 2026 election The next election will be held on 7 November 2026. Candidates for Hutt South are listed at Candidates in the 2026 New Zealand general election by electorate § Hutt South. Official results will be available after 27 November 2026.
2023 election
2020 election
2017 election
2014 election
2011 election
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 43,215
2008 election
Note: lines coloured beige denote the winner of the electorate vote. Lines coloured pink denote a candidate elected to Parliament from their party list.
2005 election
2002 election
1999 election
1996 election
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